“I’m honored and I’m humbled by the financial investment that folks are making in this campaign, but I also get excited about the enthusiasm from folks throughout the Central Coast about our race,” Fareed said.

Carbajal, Santa Barbara County’s 1st District supervisor, trailed Fareed by almost $100,000 in the quarter but leads all candidates in overall contributions and cash on hand, which is now getting close to $1 million.

During the period, Carbajal raised $346,705, but much of it went to expenses. He led all candidates in expenditures with $178,593, more than half of what was coming in.

Fareed, meanwhile, spent just over $45,000 on expenses over the period, which started Oct. 1 and ended Dec. 31. The low expenditures gave Fareed a gain of nearly $393,000 in cash on hand during the quarter. He now has $767,265 in cash on hand.

“I’m not quite sure what the supervisor has been spending all his money on, but the campaign season really just started, so I thought it was critical to keep overhead low and focus on building support, building momentum and making sure we had the necessary resources moving into 2016,” Fareed said.